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I was just going through the B&B members list looking for the last active date of another missed member, Jontok was a fairly active member who just dropped out after completing one of his great challenge give aways a little over a year ago. Anyhow, in scrolling through the list of members in the J section there were allot of names I don't remember ever seeing posting, in fact most have never posted more than one or two times if any, then I scrolled a few more pages and saw the same, it would be interesting to know just how many of the 3,000 plus members here are posting regularly enough to keep this forum alive.

Probably less than fifty post regularly. Just a guess of course. Lots of one to ten posters and then nothing. Also lots of active participants who suddenly just quit. Pretty much the norm for most blogs I think.

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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. (Mark Twain)

I think the biggest problem we have with member retention is a relatively low daily activity rate. If all 3000 members joined up on the same day and started posting, we'd have a ton of activity, and would probably retain a lot more active members. It's up to to the members to post, rather than just lurk.

I did a quick check in the members list..As of right now, these are the stats:- 3106 members in total- 1949 never posted anything- 243 members posted 1 post- 117 members posted 2 posts- 80 members posted 3 postsand then it slowly increases roughly every 50 members by 1 post and after 10 posts per member it goes quicker up.

Sometimes I think Wolfy & I are here just so the Florida crew don't take over.

Pitting the minuscule Nebraskan forces against those of the overwhelming numbers of Floridian combatants would be an epic confrontation, perhaps likened to the epic battle of the Carthaginians vs. the Romans! We could only hope & pray for history repeating itself!

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The only chance you got at a education is listenin' to me talk!Augustus McCrae.....Texas Ranger Lonesome Dove, TX

ok chest wadder timeso even though i never recieved my genuine artificialjimmy lyle custom bowie for joing the forum i'm still here.yeah that's the ticket. and if the powers that be aka(mods)will be so kind shakey will be here a good spell.

Yeah it's similar to any new situation for people. If people don't engage them and get dialogue so they feel they have made a friend or friends they probably won't come back. It's pretty much on us regulars to get activity going with them to hold their attention a bit till their hooked, pretty much what PW said.

one thing i really like here is the mods don't slap you with warningsevery fifth post or delete some cause they personally don't like thecontent. i must say i've gotten better, i'm no loner political for onei keep those thoughts to my self. were here to learn and have funand teach at times. and that makes a great fourm.i've learned much while here, and i like basea ball bease ballhas bien beddy beddy guud to me. oh i was trying to be funnyi used to be funny.

nothing unusual. Active forum participation is always very low compared to the total number of members. Now that I am laid up in the house for a month or more, I have lots of time to post, but since I can't get outdoors and play, just don't have much to add at this time. lol

@ MannlicherYou could start practicing shaving with an axe, not just the beard, but head, cheast, arms, armpits. Nothing much lower please though :-)Post here the progress, tips and tricks, which axe is better, shape of the head more comfy, the perfect weight, whcih shaving cream lends itself the best, and so on, and so on :-)

I'm thinking most all forum are this way....Many new members find this forum by Googling something and are led here.THey have a specific question on a subject.....Ask, ...and when answered... they move on.

Or THey show up wanting to have someone do their term paper for them.....

Or ask about the "best whatever"They "best whatever" is often something they already bought....and are fishing for agreements and atta-boys.Same with You tube vid's.....Ask for comments (and sign up subscribers)...but don't like the answers.

One guy joined to PM me about a axe I had posted a pic of....wanting to "take it off my hands"Told him no....Gone.

Also this forum doesn't have the infamous "Like" button....."If I don't get a bunch of Likes...I'm outta here"...posters.

Also had a flurry of Quote, quote, qoute, quote....stuff that seems to have subsided....got annoying...

So that leaves a core group that bring up interesting subjects....regulars shoot the ship, give atta boys and generally are encouraging......this need to happen with new members.

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Geezer Squad, Evoking the 50 year old rule..First 50 years, worried about the small stuff, second 50 years....Not so much

I'm doing ok. I snatched me up one of the quiet bushcrafter from this site and starting over. Raising rabbits and chickens. I'll try to be around more often. I had to ask JB for a link to get this site on the phone. And how do you guys do it? Posting or typing on phone to post in here? This will take some getting used to or better glasses..

It will take some reading to catch up on how y'all are doing. Missed ya.

WW

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On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days so far is 100% and that's pretty good.

Count me in as a member of the back home committee, Marcia!! It sure is good to hear from you and that things are returning to life in the 'normal' lane, once again! We all missed your presence around the campfire.

As for the typing difficulties on the phone.....have you tried one of those screen-sensitive styli to aid in poking those micro-keyboard keys? You can get a package of 6 at Walmart for just a couple $$....they really helped me when I was in that situation.

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The only chance you got at a education is listenin' to me talk!Augustus McCrae.....Texas Ranger Lonesome Dove, TX

I'm doing ok. I snatched me up one of the quiet bushcrafter from this site and starting over. Raising rabbits and chickens. I'll try to be around more often. I had to ask JB for a link to get this site on the phone. And how do you guys do it? Posting or typing on phone to post in here? This will take some getting used to or better glasses..

It will take some reading to catch up on how y'all are doing. Missed ya.

WW

Hey cutie pie what's up eh...lol

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"big fish like to live in bad places, that's how they get to be big fish"

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving pretty with a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways in a cloud of smoke, thouroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, Wow! What a ride!" Hunter S, Thompson

I would like to post more often. I enjoy the interesting discussions and the opportunity to learn.

What holds me back is that I already write articles for my blog. This consumes nearly all my non-outdoors time. I would love to link to some of these articles so we can discuss them on the forum. But a couple of members prefer that I didn't. So I respect their wishes.

I am content to read others' posts and try to contribute useful comments when I can.

Cheers,

- Woodsorrel

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I'm still here as well. I usually only check two forums and that's about once or twice a week. Just don't have much to add. Sometimes I do start to type something up but just end up erasing it and move on to other things. Just been too busy to finish something I've been working on.

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving pretty with a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways in a cloud of smoke, thouroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, Wow! What a ride!" Hunter S, Thompson

I check in here about once to 2x a day. I do not post that much lately, since I do not have any comment on the topic(s), or I just don't feel like it.

I still get out to the woods almost everyday. I just have not been feeling like taking pics & videos, since they don't get looked at by many folks it seems. And many don't even care about the pics sometimes. When there are groups that get together, then there is more participation in the woods & in the forum. Solo trips seem to not go over as well for some reason..

With videos...Trying to do it by yourself can be a real pain in the patoot. Then there is the editing if necessary(although I try not to do much, as some have likely noticed. LOL). Then the uploading & then after that.... if no one appears to be interested, it seems like it just becomes a chore ya avoid doing at all.

So, I a guessing there are folks out there lurking & doing their thing. I wish folks would post more too & I used to try to stimulate folks into it. But it seemed that was like kicking a dead horse & my leg got tired.. I just sit back & read mostly now.

Who knows... Maybe folks will get more motivated since Summer is basically here & although the FLA folks/Krackanueners & those folks in the hot areas have it getting very hot for doin much outside, the rest of us that get the Winters are getting out more & more.

Hopefully it will pick up.

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I love being out in the woods! I like this quote from Mors Kochanski - "The more you know, the less you carry". I believe in the same creed, & think "Knowledge & honed skills" are the best things to carry with ya when you're out in the wilds. They're the ultimate "ultralight" gear!